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According to a warning from US official Sung Kim, North Korea could at any time conduct a seventh nuclear test. He sent the warning just days after Pyongyang test launched a record eight ballistic missiles on Sunday. Wendy Sherman, the US Deputy Secretary of State said any nuclear tests of sorts will be met with a “swift and forceful response”. ...

Taiwan said it has deployed fighter jets to warn off the 30 warplanes that China sent into its air defense zone. The Monday incident marked the biggest incursion since January. This incident came a few days after US President Joe Biden warned China against invading Taiwan. It also happened on the same day a US official visited the island to ...

South Korea’s military has reported that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning. Seoul authorities said the missiles were fired in a space of under an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang. This happened just a day after US President Joe Biden left the region after a trip where he promised to bolster measures to deter ...

On Sunday, a top official from the United Nations (UN) the currently active M23 militia force in DRC attacks on peacekeepers. These happened in the eastern part of the country that is currently troubled. Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita’s statement came after DR Congo’s army carried out an attack against the group on Thursday. The statement condemned the attack on both ...

Former Somali president Sheikh Hassan Mohamud has been voted back into power by legislators in the country’s Parliament. He defeated the incumbent, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Mohamud served as the president of the war-torn country in the Horn of Africa between 2012-2017. In the tightly contested election that had over 36 candidates, Mohamud garnered 165 votes which were sufficient for ...